Independence Day and a Few Others

Saugatuck, Michigan

Independence Day Celebration, Muskegon, Michigan.

Holland, Michigan

Wooden Shoes, Holland, Michigan

 Sunset shots from the Independence Day Celebration, Muskegon Lake, Muskegon, Michigan.

I'm feeling a bit lazy right now to go through and add all the capture details to each photo, so I'll probably do it later. Enjoy!

New set of Photos

Oh my dear lord has it been a year since we posted on here?  Elyce and I have had a busy year, quit our jobs and moved to Michigan, then took time to find new jobs since unfortunately we can't live without working, then just took some time to get life back together.  Here are some shots from the year.

Carrollton, Texas; December 7, 2013 after an ice storm.

Canon EOS Rebel T3i - Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - f/8.0 ISO-100 10S

Canon EOS Rebel T3i - Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - f/5.0 ISO-100 25S

 Saugatuck, Michigan, Saugatuck Dunes State Park; February 16, 2014

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT - Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L - f/8.0 ISO-400 1/2000S

Canon EOS Rebel T3i - Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro - f/11 ISO-200 1/160S

Canon EOS Rebel T3i - Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro - f/11 ISO-200 1/80S

Saugatuck, Michigan, Saugatuck Dunes State Park; May 27, 2014

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT - Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - f/2.8 ISO-100 1/80S

Muskegon, Michigan; Lake Michigan; June 27, 2014

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT - Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - f/11 ISO-100 1/250S

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT - Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - f/11 ISO-100 1/160S

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT - Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM - f/11 ISO-800 1/125S

It's been awhile....

I am so bad at keeping up on things and I apologize.  Sometimes I have the tendency to forget what is important and other things take priority.  Let me get you up to speed.

I've kind of, somewhat launched Punkereaux Pictures over on Facebook and Twitter.  A place for my pictures and updates and heaven forbid, can one day be good enough to actually sell something and quit my day job.  That's the dream, anyway.  Anything of interest lately I've posted over there, but I'll share an exclusive over here as a good faith gift to those of you who still remember this blog exists. 

Grapevine Lake - Rockledge Park, at the trailhead of Northshore Trail

This is the single decent image I got out of the whole day.  I really wanted more, but the lens I was using was a nice wide angle lens and frankly, there was nothing worth getting that wide of an angle for!  DFW is so flat... my kingdom for a decent country side.

BUT!  I do hope to take that lens to Deep Ellum here sometime soon.  All those neat store fronts and stuff, I'm bound to get something... hopefully.... sigh....

--Elyce

Out on the Western Front

Western themed park, anyway.

Ry and I haven't really taken anything worthwhile recently, well, let alone recently to warrant a post, so sorry for the delay.  We went out to Coppell Nature Park on Monday and finally got some shots in.  Some not too half bad, either.
Ryan was playing with the 40mm pancake lens with great results. He got a lot of great crisp shots.  I'll let him post those when he gets around to it. 
Per usual, I took a retarded amount of pictures and ended up with a small handful that I really liked, but that's normal for me and I think I end up with more good ones this way then if I were to always wait for the best shot.

I wish this came out better

This one was a little more out of focus than I'd have liked.

I really liked this one. 

Neat plants.

Neat weather vane.  I took a few more of this, too.

Portrait Work

Elyce and I went to Addisson, TX to work on some portraits with her Canon T3i.  We were both shooting with the same gear.

Numb3rs

Elyce here:
A few trail markers were a little interesting.  A few came out ok and a couple were a bit out of focus. So. Snarl. 

Such a weird and lonely little fire hydrant in the middle of the woods off the park.

Experience

Elyce here,
The weather minus a very overcast sky was absolutely gorgeous today.  It was really quite comfortable to be at the park.  Now, these aren't going to win any awards and frankly, I was just enjoying the experience of being out and working my camera.  These are good technically, but I think otherwise boring. But, practice makes perfect, right?

 

I'll be honest, I should have further post edited this one further in Photoshop. I was just lazy.  :P